Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Colcannon is a recipe I've wanted to do a video on for a long time. It's a super simple, but delicious Irish comfort food that would be a great side dish choice for any St. Patrick's Day menu.

I'm not sure when I'm going to have time to do my take on this, but in the meantime here's a video from my friend, and About.com's British & Irish Food Guide, Elaine Lemm. Elaine is a very talented cook and writer, and her site on About is filled with wonderful recipes.

According to Elaine, back in the day Colcannon was used to predict marriages on Halloween. Apparently small charms were added to the Colcannon and whichever unmarried girl found one would place socks, some Colcannon, and the charms on their front door handle. The first man to enter the house was their future husband. Sounds like a great system. Enjoy!

It seems as though that's a ton of scallions, I would probably caramelize them in butter before I throw them in, otherwise it seems like the onion flavor would overpower the whole dish and taste like a supermarket potato salad. I don't know, I'll experiment with it.

I made this recipe though I did briefly saute the scallions (only modification.) I can only say it is the undisputed food of the old Irish Gods. Wow. I'd rather have this than chocolate, which is saying a lot.